The 2023 presidential candidate for the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, has confidently stated that President Bola Tinubu will be removed from power in the 2027 general elections.
Adebayo made this assertion during an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Friday, shortly after former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, joined the SDP. Adebayo expressed his belief that the SDP will produce the next president of Nigeria, highlighting his party’s preparation for the upcoming election cycle.
He praised El-Rufai for his hard work and patriotism, noting the former governor’s effectiveness in areas where leadership has been lacking. Adebayo dismissed any concerns about external political coalitions, affirming that the SDP will continue to follow its own agenda.
Adebayo also suggested that opposition alliances, including those formed by former political rivals, will ultimately fail, as their strategies will lose public support. He emphasized that the SDP has been preparing for the future and that more individuals would continue to join the party in the years leading up to the election.
He said, “The reason why I welcome El-Rufai to my party is that I see him as a patriotic Nigerian, hard working, very effective in an area where we don’t have effective people in government, that’s all.
“Tinubu is going to be removed from power, that one is sure, and there will be an SDP president.
“As a coalition and all of that, it is not inside our party. Maybe it’s people that are having discussion outside, and after having their discussion, they feel that they can come to the SDP and try to work within the SDP. But in SDP, we are following our program as before.
“We knew that when they were ganging up and going to Chatham House they will not last. We knew that when they started sharing the spoil of office, they will be scattered. We knew that the programs that all of them had will not work for the people out there, they will lose popularity.
“So we started preparing our party. We have no crisis and started managing our party. When they were offering position we didn’t want to join them. We remained where we are, keep talking to the people. Many more will join us as the year goes by.”
